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I think I may have lost a week somewhere -- February disappeared way too fast. But here we are talking about classes in March. We will roar in like a lion with a lineup of great classes this week.

Scroll down to see what is coming!

Monday: March 2Beginning Computer Skills part 1 starts off the week at 10 a.m. taught by Glen & Norma Hovey. This class is not just for beginners. This class teaches not only basic computer skills, but also specialized skills needed by the genealogist. If you need keyboarding skills, you need this class. If you are an okay keyboarder, but not up on genealogy techniques, this may be just the class for you.

Tuesday: March 3The Best Sources Win at 2 p.m. taught by Kathy Blake. You will be working on your own FamilySearch Family Tree. If you don't have sources on your tree, then your tree may not be accurate. Sources can help and they aren't scary. Discover how to locate sources, and how to add them to your tree to give confidence to the fact that your ancestors really are the persons you believe them to be. In this class you will learn to correctly create and add sources to your Family Tree using Source Box. You will also learn how to tag, merge, and link sources from outside FamilySearch.

Wednesday: March 4Beginning Computer Skills part 2 finishes up this class at 10 a.m. This 2-part class is taught the first week of each month on Monday and Wednesday mornings.

Thursday: March 5Native American Research at 10 a.m. taught by Ann Reese. We will cover Native American Indian Tribes relocated by the U.S. government to Indian Territory prior to 1900. We will touch on a short history of their removal then learn how to locate and research records available, with emphasis on the Five Civilized Tribes. We will study in depth, the Dawes Cards/Packets and how to find family members. We will also cover Native American Family Search Wiki, Eastern Cherokee Applications, the Indian Allotment Jackets for Five Civilized Tribes, 1884-1934 and the Indian Land Allotment Sales, 1908-1927 from websites such as Ancestry.com and Fold3.com, and FamilySearch.org.Italian Indexing at 6 p.m. Elder Cheney will be presenting a class on Italian Indexing. Indexers are sorely needed and taking this class will help you to see it is not as difficult as you have been thinking.

FamilySearch BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) begins at 6 p.m. and will be led by Julie Hammons. Come in the evening and take this class to help you discover FamilySearch using your own laptop or IPad/tablet. We will work on the FamilySearch site, by having you sign into our very fast internet service. We will have tables available for your laptops. Oh, charge up your computer before you come. We do have outlets, but they may not be located in the most convenient spots in the room. NOTE: Be sure to bring your FamilySearch username and password.

Friday: March 6Descendancy - It Isn't Finished Until It Is Finished at 10 a.m. taught by Paul Jensen. When your gg grandfather left the 'old country' and came to America, he probably left behind siblings, and cousins who had children, and grandchildren, etc. These are your family also and you can find them by doing what is called Descendancy Research. Basically you go up your tree then spread out and come back down on other related lines. This can be a 'gold mine' for finding names. Come and Discover the many tools to help you find your "cousins".Saturday: 7We end each week on Saturday from 1pm - 4:30pm with our Spanish Day. We have Spanish speakers available to help you with your research needs. Need some instruction in Spanish? We can do it. You are welcome any day of the week, but guaranteed to have Spanish speakers on Saturday afternoon. Come check us out.